Tag Archives: Maurice Blackburn

Staggering data has emerged in the class action suit against Southern Response, showing that the liability of the New Zealand federal government could surpass $400MM. This estimate is based on the nearly 3,000 plaintiffs subjected to unlawful behavior by Southern Response—who had assumed responsibility for claims sold by private insurer AMI, which was liquidated in 2012.

No one will ever accuse Aussie law firm Maurice Blackburn of not being proactive. The class action king (Maurice has filed the most in Australia) is pursuing a class action claim against banking giant NAB, and plans to use a contingency-fee model. There’s just one wrinkle here: contingency-fee arrangements aren’t legal in Australia. The state of Victoria is mulling legislation that would legalize such arrangements, but hasn’t passed the final bill yet.

Litigation Lending Services has been funding a Maurice Blackburn-led class action against mortgage lender RMBL Investments, for alleged breach of contract and misleading and deceptive conduct regarding collection charges the company enforced on borrowers. Now, RMBL has agreed to compensate class members to the tune of $3MM.

Australia’s second-largest bank by assets – ANZ bank – has agreed to a $1.5MM settlement in a class action brought by Maurice Blackburn and funded by IMF Bentham. Claimants had been seeking far more, yet after a 2016 High Court defeat, they have settled for $1.5MM.

AMP, the Aussie financial giant which is facing a massive shareholder class action being led by law firm Maurice Blackburn on a no win, no fee basis, is facing a second class action – this one on behalf of customers. The action is again being led by Maurice Blackburn, this time funded by Harbour Litigation…

A judge has ruled which law firm will get to pursue what could be the largest class action in Australian history. Maurice Blackburn has won the right to try the shareholder claim against financial giant AMP. The law firm was the only applicant not backed by a litigation funder….

One of Australia’s largest class actions was just filed, as Melbourne taxi drivers are teaming up to sue Uber for $1B. The cabbies allege Uber operated illegally in Australia in 2014, and caused them to lose significant business as a result….

Maurice Blackburn is leading an Australian class action against Uber, on behalf of taxi drivers who allege that Uber’s unfair business practices have caused serious financial harm. Harbour Litigation Funding is financing the claim to the tune of $20M, and estimates place the potential payout in the $500M range – making the claim one of…

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